Saturday 9: She's Not There

 Sam’s Saturday 9: She's Not There (1964)

On Saturdays I take a break from the heavy stuff and have some fun…

Unfamiliar with this week's tune? Hear it here.

1) This song is about a young man who is upset his friends didn't warn him against a girl who turned out to be untrue. Have you ever involved yourself in a friend's love life with advice about a relationship?

No, that seems very caustic.

2) According to legend, this song was inspired by a girl who called off her wedding just weeks before the ceremony, humiliating her fiance and breaking his heart. Do you know anyone who was similarly left at the altar?

No. I know of a relative who postponed their wedding because of COVID, but they are married now. And my cousin got married during a Nor'easter and almost couldn't leave the church.

3) The Zombies first played together as a bar band, popular at an English pub called The Blacksmiths Arms. What's the name of your favorite local restaurant or bar?

Okay… Here at home it is the Blue Lobster, on the Cape it is Van Rensselaer

4) The Zombies broke up after a few years but put all acrimony behind them in 2019 when they reunited to perform at their induction into The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in Cleveland. Have you ever been to Ohio?

Many times.

Once I was there to install EMT radios like was on the TV show Emergency into all the ambulances and hospitals. This was back around 1975 after the tornadoes hit the city of Xenia in 1974 and we had the contact to replace the radio system.

5) While 1964 is remembered as the first year of the British Invasion, when rock bands from the UK dominated the airwaves, it was also the year Barbra Streisand became a major star, featured on the covers of both Time and Life. Are there any magazines in your home right now? If so, who is on the cover?

Nope, no magazines.

Update: Reading other comments reminded me that I get AARP and AAA magazines.

6) Also in 1964, actress Ena Hartman became one of the first African American actresses to have a speaking part on the country's top TV Western, Bonanza. Is your TV on right now, as you answer these 9 questions?

Yes, I’m watching the evening news.

7) The "It's a Small World" ride was introduced at the 1964 New York World's Fair. It's now at Disneyland, Disney World, Disneyland Paris and Disneyland Hong Kong. Have you ever taken one of these Small World rides?

Yes, at the World’s Fair so it must have been original “It’s a Small World.”

8) General Douglas MacArthur's memoir was published shortly before his death in 1964. It became a best seller. Was the last book you finished fiction or non-fiction?

Science Fiction, the audiobook Lois McMaster Bujold’s Horizon

9) Random question: You find yourself calling the local garage often to get updates on your car repair. Every time you call, the person who answers the phone is abrupt to the point of rude. Do you: (1) let the person know you'd appreciate a change in tone; (2) ignore it; (3) complain to the boss?

Ignore it at that time, after all they have your car. But once it is finished then complain.

Update: I had an idiot like on my dash light "Check Engine"

So dutifully I head off to the dealer.

When it was done I went to pay the bill, $69... the gas cap was loose.

WHAT! You are charging 69 dollars to tighten the gas cap!

Well that is what we charge for diagnosis.

You have the audacity to charge me that for tightening my gas cap after I have been coming here for over 20 years!

She went away and came back... No charge.

Thanks so much for joining us again at Saturday: 9. As always, feel free to come back, see who has participated and comment on their posts. In fact sometimes, if you want to read & comment on everyone's responses, you might want to check back again tomorrow. But it is not a rule. We haven’t any rules here. Join us on next Saturday for another version of Saturday: 9, "Just A Silly Meme on a Saturday!" Enjoy your weekend!

P.S. A friend’s book is titled “She's Not There: A Life in Two Genders” became a New York Times best seller, when she was on the Oprah Winfrey show and her book was featured on Oprah's Book Club.